I believe that in some part of our everyday life, we've
experienced seeing couples expressing their public display of
affection (PDA) or even done it personally. While it is not a crime
to express PDA, certain actions can get rather obscene.
Kissing in public would earn you stares from passer-bys. True, you
have control over your own life and nobody can tell you what to do
and what not to do, as long as you're not breaking the laws. You
sometimes dig your nose or scratch your ass when you're at home,
but do you do the same thing in public? If yes, congratulations for
exhibiting a no restrain behaviour.
Intimacy between couples should be discreet, in my opinion. Having
a conservative Asian culture, is it morally right to show more than
acceptable PDA? The western culture promotes displaying of
affections openly. But this is the east, where the sun rises, not
the west, where it sets. Youngsters are becoming influenced by the
western culture, adopting a pseudo-culture. Some young couples
behave the way couples do in western movies, which is behaving
intimately in public. But would they do that if their parents were
around?
Just this afternoon, I was at a shopping centre. Again, I beseech
that while PDA is not against the law, some actions can be rather
obscene. There was this young couple (probably still in their
teens), standing outside a music school. The guy had his hand in
the girl's back pocket of her pants. If that was all, it would be
fine. But he was actually squeezing her butts, and continued to do
it even though many people were around. Is this PDA, or is this
lust?
Back to the question, do you condone or condemn extreme PDA? Which
level of PDA do you think is acceptable?
